Inkstand.



I. PRZYGODA.

INKSTAND.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29.1908. 907,643. Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

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UNITED STATES ATENI OFFICE,

JOSEPH PRZYGODA, OF PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO IGNATIUS B. ROLKA, OF PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

INKSTAND Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed April 29, 1908. Serial No. 429,918.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be 1t lrnown that I, J osnrn PiazYeonA, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Patton, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and 'useful Improvements in Inrstands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an ink holder of that type provided with a well or cup that is capable of being adjrsted from time to time as the ink is consumed, so as to admit a predetermined quantity of inlr in the Well into which the pen is dipped, the well serving to prevent the pen from being dipped into the ink too far and also serving to prevent excessive vaporization of the ink from the reservoir.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify the construction of ink stands of this character so as to be comparatively easy and inexpensive to mantfacti-` re, readily adjustable, and composed of few parts.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a dipping well slidably mointed in a brshing and adjrstable so as to immerse the lower end thereof into the ink of the reservoir to any s1' itable depth, the dipping well being readily removable so that it can be cleansed from time to time.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the variois novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described iereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention, I igure l is a central vertical section of an inl;

stand constructed in accordance with the invention. l4 ig. 2 is a plan view of the adjusting device for the well,

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a reservoir constructed in any suitable form and made of glass, metal or the like, the bottom l being provided with a central depression 2, and the top 3 is provided with a neck 4 disposed in line with the depression 2. Fitted in the neck is a com ressible bishing 5 of suitable material and s idably mounted in the bushing is the dipping wellor cup B which may be made of a glass or other tube, the lower end being contracted at 6 to form a month by means of which the inl feeds from the reservoir into the well, the said mouth being adapted to enter the depression 2 so as to enable the last dro of ink to be utilized when the reservoir is a `ont empty. The exterior of the well B is perfectly smooth and has a sliding fit in the bi; shing 5, and the upper end of the well is formed with a peripheral iiange 7 which limits the inward movement whereby the well can be conveniently gripped in adjrsting the same.

On the bushing is arranged a device O for supporting the well in any desired position, c

the said device consisting of a split ring 8 surrounding the well on the portion thereof extending ont of the reservoir, the extremities of the ring being bent outwardly into parallel lu gs 9 that are apertnred to receive the clamping screw 10. The clamping ring extends around the portion of the br Shing 5 that projects ont of the neck of the reservoir and clamps the bushing firmly to the cizp or well B, the ring resting on the neck to sli pport the well or cup in proper relation to the ink in the reservoir.

In ractice, after the reservoir is filled, the well is inserted in the br shing to steh a distance as to submerge the month portion of the tube in the inl, and the well is held in this position by adjusting the ring 8 at the proper point on the well. In ii sing the ink stand, the en is dipped into the well B, the month of t e latter serving to prevent the pen from being dipped too far into the inlr. After the ink 1n the well is consumed, it is merely necessary to loosen the device C and allow the well to drop farther into the reservoir until the reqr ired point is reached, when the device O is again re-clamped. In case it is necessary to remove the well for cleaning the same, the well is lifted out through the bushing 5, as will be readily understood.

Ilrom the foregoing description, taleen in connection with the accompanying' drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains,and while I have described the principle of operation of theinvention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made When desired as are Within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is l. In an ink stand, the combination of a reservoir provided with an opening and an upwardly-extending cylindrical flange at the opening, a bushing lining the flange and eX- tendingah ove the top thereof, a Well slidably monnted in the bushing and adjustable vertically therein, a clamping ring" disposed around the projecting portion of the btsning, and means for. tightening the ring around tne hrshing to kind the latter to the Well.

2, In an ink stand, the combination of a reservoir provided With an opening in its top, a Well slidably mounted in the opening, a coinpressible bushing surrounding the Well, a clamping ring surrounding the lor Shing for gripping the latter to the Well, said ring being adapted to rest on the top of the reservoir to support the Well in adjtsted position, and a screw for tightening the ring to engage the bushing.

In testimony whereof I afEX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.-

JOSEPH PRZYGODA.

Witnesses:

G. K. CHRIsToFF, JAMES MELLON. 

